Connect with Us

Arts and entertainment news

Artist Dona Cloud will be present 4-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13, and 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, at The Museum at the Carnegie, at Second and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles.

An exhibit of Cloud's work continues through Aug. 30. It features 60 years of original works of art, including flowers, portraits, abstracts, landscapes and three-dimensional pieces produced by watercolor, pastel, colored pencil, acrylic, mixed media and dye. She demonstrates gouache, an opaque watercolor paint, from 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14.

Everyone attending can enter a drawing for an original painting.

The drawing will be held at 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 14. The winner need not be present to win.

Call 452-2662.

Olympic Driftwood Sculptors

The Olympic Driftwood Sculptors will have an exhibit Thursday-Sunday, Aug. 19-22, at Booth 4 in the merchant annex of the art barn at the Clallam County Fair, 1608 W. 16th St., Port Angeles.

The featured artists at Gallery 9 for August are painter Mena Quilici and wood-turner Chuck Stern.

Quilici took art classes as a child in Oakland, Calif., but it wasn't until moving to Port Townsend that she discovered that study, hard work, commitment and passion can bring about joy, growth and finished paintings.

C.W. "Chuck" Stern was born and raised in Port Angeles. Searching for a winter activity after retirement, he remembered wood-turning in junior high school and thought he would try it again. He began with a World War II vintage Walker Turner lathe and uses only salvaged wood: local maple, red alder, yew, wild cherry, madrone, cedar, etc.

He says, "Mother Nature gives me unopened gifts; I only need to listen and let her guide my hands so that I may discover the beauty she has given me."

He now has a new lathe that gives him greater flexibility but says he doesn't believe it ever will fill the void left from the old Walker Turner.

We encourage an open exchange of ideas on this story's topic, but we ask you to follow our guidelines for respecting community standards. Personal attacks, inappropriate language, and off-topic comments may be removed, and comment privileges revoked, per our Terms of Use. Please see our FAQ if you have questions or concerns about using Facebook to comment.